Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - golf
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Golf
golf
Date: 1952 — a communications code word for the letter g GOLF noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English (Scots) Date: 15th century a game in which a player using special clubs attempts to sink a ball with as few strokes as possible into each of the 9 or 18 successive holes on a course • ~ intransitive verb • ~er noun
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n. & v. --n. a game played on a course set in open country, in which a small hard ball is driven with clubs into a series of 18 or 9 holes with the fewest possible strokes. --v.intr. play golf. Phrases and idioms golf-bag a bag used for carrying clubs and balls. golf ball 1 a ball used in golf. 2 colloq. a small ball used in some electric typewriters to carry the type. golf cart 1 a trolley used for carrying clubs in golf. 2 a motorized cart for golfers and equipment. golf club 1 a club used in golf. 2 an association for playing golf. 3 the premises used by a golf club. golf-course (or -links) the course on which golf is played. Etymology: 15th-c. Sc.: orig. unkn. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. гольф to play golf —- играть в гольф golf widow —- "вдова гольфиста", жена, проводящая выходные дни в одиночестве (так как муж играет в гольф) 2. играть в гольф I went golfing yesterday —- вчера я играл в гольф ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. Golf is a game in which you use long sticks called clubs to hit a small, hard ball into holes that are spread out over a large area of grassy land. N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n a game in which the players hit a small white ball into holes in the ground with a set of golf clubs using as few hits as possible (a round of golf (=a game of golf)) - golfer n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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NASA abbr. Global Oscillations at Low Frequency funny abbr. Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden funny abbr. Go Out Laugh Frequently educ. abbr. Game Of Life First sport abbr. Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden NASDAQ abbr. S2Golf, Inc. ...English abbreviation dictionary
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- Scot. gouf, perhaps an alteration of M.Du. colf, colve "stick, club, bat," from P.Gmc. *kulth-. The game is from 14c., the word is first mentioned (along with fut-bol) in a 1457 Scot. statute on forbidden games. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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